Sinop was founded with the construction of a fortress near Boztepe Burnu, a headland attached from the east to another headland, Ince Burun, which is Anatolia’s northernmost point. The navigators who settled here used the area around the fortress as a small harbour. In time the outer harbour filled up with sand and became useless. When the Seljuks, who were expert navigators, realized that the outer harbour was no longer of use, they closed off the canal that connected it with the inner harbour. And the inner harbour, now Sinop’s one and only, became one of the Black Sea’s most important with its shelter from the sharp north winds and its ever calm waters.
Sinop was incorporated to the Ottoman Empire in 1458. In 1853, shortly after the outbreak of the Crimean War, the Russian navy dramatically attacked Sinop, destroying the Ottoman fleet and reducing large parts of the city to ashes.
source: virtualtourist(dot)com
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